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3.3: Colors, Video Attributes, and Highlight Tracking

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Colors

 

Changes in color frequently visit the display screen, and Window-Eyes lets speech-access users identify and utilize these colors in many ways. Window-Eyes lets you read text in certain colors while ignoring text in other colors, lets you track items of a particular color, and more.

 

Video Cards

 

Window-Eyes is color independent. Although graphics are usually labeled in 32 bit colors, Window-Eyes is not limited to these color depths. Graphics can be defined in any color, under any color scheme.

 

Highlight Tracking

 

One important use of screen colors used by most popular application programs is the highlight. Active menu choices, hypertext, and other features are typically shown in bright colors, or at least in colors different from the rest of the screen. No matter where they appear, Window-Eyes can find and read highlights.